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hunt-jwt-crypto

Hunt JWT cryptographic failures — alg:none signature-stripping and RS256→HS256 key-confusion that let an attacker forge a token for any identity (e.g. an admin) without knowing a secret. Use when the app authenticates with a JSON Web Token (an `eyJ...` Bearer token in the Authorization header, a cookie, or a login response). This skill OWNS JWT signature/crypto forgery (alg:none, key confusion, kid/jku header injection); hunt-ato covers JWT as one ATO path, hunt-auth-bypass covers SSO/SAML token trust, hunt-api-misconfig covers non-crypto JWT handling. Critical when a forged token grants access to another user's data or an admin-only endpoint.

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# HUNT-JWT-CRYPTO — Forgeable JSON Web Tokens (A04 Cryptographic Failures)

## What actually pays

A JWT is `header.payload.signature`, each base64url. The signature is the only
thing stopping you from editing the payload (your identity/role) and replaying
it. It pays **High/Critical** when the verifier can be tricked into accepting a
token you forged — so you become another user or an admin without their secret.

Two classic, generic verifier flaws:

- **`alg:none`** — the verifier trusts the token's own `alg` header. Set
  `alg:"none"`, drop the signature, edit the payload (e.g. `role:"admin"`,
  another user's `id`/`email`). A broken verifier skips signature checking.